How We're Controlling Feral Cats

How Does the Program Work?

Feral cats need to arrive to ARC's spay/neuter clinic in a humane trap. ARC intakes feral cats Monday through Thursday, 9am to 11am. Pick-up will be assigned for the following day. Please call the week you are planning on trapping to verify this schedule. If you do not have a trap available, we do offer free trap rentals at our clinic. Please contact 941-957-1955 for more information regarding trapping, trap rentals, and our TNR program.

Each cat will receive these services:

Spay/neuter surgery

Vaccination for rabies

FVCRP Vaccines

A left ear tip, which is a nationally accepted standard that identifies that a feral cat has been sterilized and vaccinated for rabies.

Discharge and caregiver instructions are provided at the time of pickup.

There are Many Benefits to Participating!

You have the complete satisfaction of knowing that you are an integral part of improving feral cats' lives.

You are stabilizing colony populations and creating a more sustainable, less stressful environment for the cats as well as the people who care for them.

You foster compassion in your neighborhood and the community by ensuring humane treatment for all animals.

TNR is more effective and less costly than repeated attempts at extermination. Costs for repeatedly trapping and killing feral colonies are far higher than promoting stable, non-breeding colonies in the same location. Vacated areas are soon filled by other cats who start the breeding process over again, a well-known phenomenon known as the vaccum effect. Read more about the vacuum effect here.

How to Get Involved

Spay or neuter your own pets and encourage friends and family to do the same.

Keep your cats indoors.

Trap and maintain a feral cat colony. Encourage others to do the same.

Become a volunteer. Volunteer your time and talent, whatever that may be.

Ask your personal veterinarian to get involved.

Tell people about ARC. If someone you know is caring for feral cats, let them know about our services. Education is the key, so make others aware.

Make a contribution to ARC and help us reach more of society's forgotten cats.

ARC rescues cats and dogs from euthanasia by providing proactive spay and neuter services. No animal should be killed to make room for another.

ANIMAL RESCUE COALITION (ARC) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to end the killing of adoptable dogs
and cats in Sarasota and Manatee counties by means of a proactive spay/neuter program, a feral cat program, comprehensive adoption effort, and various other initiatives designed to recognize the profound benefits to people of animal companionship.